Meadow Pointe Blvd. Water Project Almost Finished

By Matt Wiley

A Pasco County Utilities project along Meadow Pointe Blvd. is on schedule to be finished by the end of the year, and will benefit those living in the communities along the busy roadway that connects S.R. 54 and S.R. 56 through the newest sections of the Meadow Pointe community.

The project, which began in July, installed a new reclaimed water transmission line along the eastern 2.6-mile stretch of Meadow Pointe Blvd., connecting the lines that run along both S.R. 54 and S.R. 56. The installation cost $1.9 million, but was split between the county and the Southwest Florida Water Management District (aka “Swiftmud”), says Pasco’s reclaimed water program coordinator Pam Lynch.

“The project should be wrapped up by the end of December,” Lynch explains. “This transmission line will help us be more efficient for our customers in Meadow Pointe and the future developments in Wiregrass Ranch and along Meadow Pointe Blvd.”

Lynch says that Pasco routinely partners with Swiftmud on projects like the one in Meadow Pointe.

“(Swiftmud) provides a lot of money to the county to help us get these projects completed,” Lynch says.

On this project, the county and Swiftmud split the cost evenly to install the 16-inch-in-diameter transmission line. The project has moved quickly because there wasn’t really anything in the way that needed to be moved for the installation of the line, such as trees or sidewalks, Lynch explains.

Lynch adds that once the project is completed, residents should see a boost in their water pressure. However, the big improvement has more to do with homes that will be built in the area in the near future.

“When new homes come into the area, they’ll already have reclaimed water for irrigation,” she says. 

Before the project, Pasco Utilities customers didn’t have the option of using reclaimed water along that corridor, and yard irrigation was done using the same water that was coming out of customers’ kitchen sinks, Lynch says. The new line will alleviate that problem for current and future customers.

“(The new line) also will beef up our reliability in the (Meadow Pointe) area,” Lynch says.

For more info about Pasco Utilities, please visit PascoCountyFl.net and click on the “Utilities” tab.